Smile! It's Good for Your Health

2/25/2013 12:26PM

What are the health benefits of training yourself to smile. A study last year found that even manipulating people's faces with chopsticks during a stressful task to get them to smile can help stress levels. WSJ's Sumathi Reddy reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.

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